Tie-shield.



PATENTED DEC. 31, 1907.

G. E. FIGG. TIE SHIELD. APPLICATION FILED APR.8,1907.

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GEORGEEDWARD FIGG, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

TIE-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented. Dec. 31, 1907.

Application filed April 8. 1907. Serial No. 367.095.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE EDWARD FIGG, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of 715 Wellington street, in the city of Montreal, in the district of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Shields, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tie shields and the object of the invention is to devise a shield which shall be suitable for any ordinary form of necktie, and whereby a necktie may be tied by hand thereon and remain in such position for an indefinite period, if desirable, and it consists essentially of a piece of sheet material having vertically slotted ends and a fastener secured centrally thereto, the arrangement and parts being described in detail in the present specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, that form. part of the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shield having a bow tie made up thereon. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shield apart from the tie. Fig. 3 is a plan view from above of the arrangement of the shield and the fastener. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the shield having a tie made up thereon into a sailo'rs knot.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a piece of sheet material preferably metal formed so that the central portion 2 is connected with the enlarged ends 3 by the neck portions 4.

5 is a lug extending outwardly and downwardly from the central portion 2 and preferably stamped out of the same sheet of metal.

6 are holes to each side of the lug 5.

7 are vertical slots extending inwardly from the upper edge in the ends 3 and ter minating adjacent to the lower edge of the piece of metal forming the posts 8.

9 is a wire fastener formed with the upper bar 10 and the loop ends 11 inserted into the holes 6 and the upwardly extending lengths 12 from the lower bars 13 and 14, the said lengths 12 being looped around the top bar 9 and brought together at 15 towards their lower ends. It will be thus seen that the wire fastener inserted into the holes 6 becomes apart of the device and is used in securing said shield to the collar stud, as the stud slips through the lengths 12 where they adjoin at 15.

The piece of metal is preferably bent into are shape, so that it will fit neatly into the collar, and it may be here said that this shield is particularly applicable for use with the usual form of double collar, .where the ends of the shield can be inserted under the outer band.

In order to attach and make up a neck tie on the shield, the band of the tie is inserted under the lug 5 and stretched across on each side of the outer surface of the shield and through the vertical slots 7, the tie is then brought around the posts Sand back to the center, where it is tied in a bow, and in the the material of the tie through the space between the fastener and the shield and this will insure a more complete union of the tie and the shield. The tying of a sailors knot on the shield is done in substantially the same way as the bow with the exception that the tie is made up entirely to the front of the shield. The shield may also be used for band ties used with stand up collars and for such use a separate band is stretched across the face of the shield in substantially the same way, only one fold of the tie preferably extends into the slots 7 in order to cover the posts 8, the bow is then made up around the center of the shield with a separate length of material and in this arrangement a cambric bow may be made up on the shield for continuous use until soiled and. then another one fixed on the same shield.

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. A tie shield, comprising a piece of metal having a reduced central portion and slots extending inwardly from one edge at the ends and a lug extending outwardly and downwardly from the central portion, and a wire fastener secured thereto and projecting from the rear face thereof, substantially as described.

2. A tie shield, comprising a piece of metal having a central portion and a projecting lug from said central portion and enlarged ends joined to said central portion by suitable neck portions and vertical slots extending inwardly from the upper edge in the said enlarged ends, and fastening means secured to the rear face, substantially as described.

3. A tie shield, comprising a piece of making of the bow, it is preferable to insert suitable sheet material having a central portion and a lug projecting outwardly and downwardly from said central portion and holes to each side of said lug and vertical slots 5 in proximity to the ends of said piece of material, and a wire fastener having projecting loops therefrom extending into said holes, substantially as described.

4. Atie shield, comprising a piece of sheet material having a lug projecting outwardly and downwardly from the central portion thereof and slots at the ends thereof and holes to each side of said lug and a wire fastener having loops formed at the ends thereof extending through said holes and upwardly projecting lengths from the lower bars looped over the upper bar and brought together towards the lower ends thereof, substantially as described.

Signed at the city and district of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, this 2nd. day of April, 1907.

' GEORGE EDWVARD FIGG.

\Vitnesses G. H. TRESIDDER, P. SHEE. 

